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B. S. GILLUM.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 7, 1908. Serial N o. 431,382.

No. 901,532. Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

To all whom it may concern: 13e it known that I, BENNETT citizen of the United States, Stahl, in th the truck the freight retaining means down in S. GILLUM, a osition to hold the freight on the nose piece; residing at ig. 3 is a central longitudinal section, the e c ounty of Adair and State of freight raisin means in elevated position, the

Missouri, have invented certain new and usefreight retaining means elevated, and the ful inprovements in Trucks and I do deejector bar in ejecting position; Fig. 4 is a clare the following to be a full clear, and eX- horizontal section of Fig. 2, taken above the act description of the invention such as will freight retainingmeans. Fig.5isadetail perenable others skilled in the art to which it apperspective view of the retaining plate.

pertains to make and use the same. eferring more particularly to the draw- This invention relates to warehouse trucks and has for its object to provide a truck which will take hold of freight and hold and carry the same, and which will lift thefreight to a point high enough to be deposited on top of other freight and will then release the freight and shift the same off of the nose of the truck.

Another object is to provide an improved and eilicient truck for handling freight without the user of the truck having to touch the freight with his hands.

Another object is to provide a truck which will securely hold different sizes and shapes of freight thereon without changing the construction of any of the parts of the truck.

Still another object of this kind which may manufactured ings, my device is shown comprising a foundation part 1, a pivoted freight elevating and carrying means 2 and a freight retaining means 8. The foundation part consists of side bars 4 and 5 connected by cross pieces 6, 7 and 8 and supported by wheels 9 and legs 10. The bars 4 and 5 merge at their rear ends into handles 11. l

Intermediate the bars 4 and 5 and preferably adjacent the cross piece 8, I shaft 12 having pivotally mounted at its ends the side pieces 13 and 14 of the elevatin and carrying means 2. The forward ends o said side pieces are connected by a suitable nose piece 15. Near the front ends of the side 4, I provide upstanding braces support the transverse the bars 13 and 14. particular feature of the invention resides in the provision of means for retaining the freight on the nose piece until the operatoi' desires to eject the same therefrom. This is accomplished by means of a central longitudinally eXtendin operating bai' 19 provided in its rear enf with a central longitudinally extending slot 19 adapted to receive t e central or reduced portion 20 of the shaft 12. The front end of said operating bar is adapted for oscillation between two upright laterally spaced guides 21 arising from the cross bars 18. T e front end of the operating bar normally rojects a suitable distance in advance of sait guides and is provided at its eXtreme forward end with a depending inwardly curved fork 22 which is adapted to engage the boX or other freight and hold the same in position upon the nose piece. ,An o erating cord 28 is attached to the front end of) the operating bar and extends upwardly over a ulley 24 mounted between the up er ends ofpthe guides 21 and thence rearwarc ly through an upright guide 25 arising from the rear crosspiece 8 of the foundation.

combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

For these and other objects which will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel arrangements and combinations of parts of wlich the herein described truck is one ofmany possible embodiments. While herein I .have described -minute deination may parting from vention.

In the annexed drawings forming a art of this specification in which like reference characters refer to like arts throughout the several views and whic are for illustrative ly and therefore not drawn to be greatly varied without dethe spirit and scope of the inmeans in position to receive freight Fig. 2 1s a side elevation of like upon the nose tpiece simply lpulling received from an elevation the nose l5 is upon the rear end or the operating cord, A flat retaining plate 26 is Y'pivoted ward end, as at 27, to one face of the operating bar and is provided in its under ed e and at Vits rear end with a series of longitu inally spaced notches 28 either of which'is adapted to engage with the central reducedport1on20 of the shaft 12. By this construction, the operatingb ar may be vretained atwanydesired longitudinal ladjustment v,to increase .or -de crease the amount of ymovement of theflever arm ofthe oper-ating'har.bypullingupon the operating cord.

VA shaft 29 isgarranged between ,thecross ieces 6 ',and7 upon whichispivotally.mountedthe lowerfend-of a rockingiframe 30-'comprising upwardly: converging side pieces 3.1

` the construction tionawill .ebeereadily understood without re- Alongitndinally extending ,leven 3,4 'is ,pivot- .edfintermediate of its ends-betwe'enthe per converging ends of the side pieces-of te rocking frame,.the front or pivot-.end of said 'lever lbeing connected with the @free ends of the side ypieces 13 vand `1d .by obliquely disposed kconnecting elements 33. A cord or rope 34' v's attached at one end cross piece pulley 342fmounted inthe rear o rfreeend of said lever and thence lin an opposite direction around a drum or windlass Bvmoun'ted betweenfthe side pieces'l and"5.in-rear ofthe cross piece 8, thedrurn'being provided-.with a handle 37 and with .a 4ratchet 38 which is adapted to be engaged by lapawl 39;pivoted tothe sidepiecee. Y

Anejector bar 40 -is pivotallyimounted lat one end between the cross fbars .18 Aand is `adapted to beactuated to ,eject the y,freight fromthe ncseipiece by means'of an upright operating lever el 1, ,theside piece 41,4: anc` torbar by a longitudinal connecting bar 42.

The operationof 4,the ydevice is `as follows:`

The ivoted vfreight carrying Ymeans is `allowey 4toassume its lowest position whenthe retainingmeansis raised by meansof the operating cord23. The truck is then used to ick up freight as with an ordinary truck. ound desirable, after the nose .15,is placedin position to pick up .the yfreight the fork 22 may be lowered to engage the freight-and thus securely hold the same inposition.

:Ifthe freight is `to be deposited .upon the floor-the truckmay beused Awithoutany elevation ofthe freight-carrying means .2. VIn this case-the .freight is `deposited simply 'by bearing vupon theoperatingilever 4l .to actuate -theejector bar A() lwhich :will .eject the freight fromthe `nose, iece. IHowever, df .it is desired to-pickfup t tion, as for instance at the topof otherffreight, the freight carrying .means is elevated by turning'thevdrurn or windlass ABlgy the handle 37, and the freight is athen Vdepxosited kas heretoforedescribe lf the .freig isto be ie freight at an elevay .to vthe rear 8 and extends forwardly over ,a v

ivotally mounted vupon connected .with the ejecretaining Vnr raised,A to the'vdesired height and the freight eans lengaged with the freight to `draw the same upon the nose piece.

'From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and operation of the invenquiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in ethe form, lproportion and-theminordetals of construction-5 may be resorted-to without departing from'theprinciple.A ory sacrificing any ofthe advantages zof the invention, Las `.defined in A'the .appended claims.

l-Iayinglthus described lnyinvention what l claim-as new'is:FF

:1. Inra truck, -freightcarrying means, yan ejector bar pivotally :mounted thereon, fand means operableeto ,..aetuatethe ejectorbar.

2. In a truck, the foundationpart,:freight carrying means pi'votally Imounted thereon, freightereceiving .means mounted'upon said carryingv means-,and elevating meansfor said carrying means, said elevating means comprising a rockingframepivotedto thefoundation part, links connecting the rockingfframe tosaidcarryingf-rneans,;a;pulley1 on said rocking frame vvand -fa iexible connection passing over the ,pulley Aand lattached tothe foundation part.

.3. ln a ,truck .of fthe Vclass .described, a foundation part, freight receivingmeans pivotally V,mounted thereon Aand .means :for ,raisingsaid freight :receiving means, said =means comprising :a rocking vframe pivoted to ithe found-ation part, a `link pivot-ed l:to 1the upper .end .of said rocking frame, .connections between the front end of said link and the free end of the freight zreceiving zmeans, a pulley :mounted at `the f-reefend of 4said dink, .a Awindlass journaled to the foundation part, aiflexible. element'attached.to'theffoundation part and ypassing ,forwardly over said ,pulley and thence in a reverse direction and Vwinding upon 4the lwindlass, and means -for rotating-the .windlass Ail. In a ltruck :of the yclass described, la foundation part, freight carrying means pivotallyfmounted thereon, means forl elevating the vfreight carrying means, ashaftfixedto thefoundationpart, ailongitudinal4 operating bar,ha'ving-a y:longitudinalfslot .in one 1 end to receive -said shaft, Vafork at v.theffree -end xof said operating ,bar and .means -:for .raising the forked end of said bar.

5. In a :truck of the 'class foundatiompart,ifreight' carrying means pivotally .mounted thereon, means tforelevating said freight ,carrying Ymeans and freight retaining @me-ans, :said :freight `retaining :means comprising Aa transverse :rod ,fixed .to fthe foundation ipart, ,longitudinally ',dispmsed operating-bar ,provided with a .longitudinal slot -to receive :said rod, a longitudinal plate described, a

Fivoted to said operating bar and having a pivoted to the foundation part and a longiongitudinal series of notches any one of tudinal link between said lever and the ejecwhich is adapted to receive said transverse tor bar. rod, a freight engaging fork at the free end of In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 5 said operating bar and means for raising the my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 15 forked end of said bar. nesses.

6. In a truck of the class described, a BENNETT S. GILLUM foundation part, freight carrying means piv- Vitnesses: otally mounted thereon, an ejector bar piv- CARL L. CnooKs,

10 oted to the freight carrying means, a lever G. W. RIGGINs. 

